Re: Science Fair Project

To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Science Fair Project
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 09:19:27 -0600
Approved: tesla-at-stic-dot-net


From:	Chip Atkinson [SMTP:chip-at-XiG-dot-com]
Sent:	Wednesday, November 12, 1997 10:40 AM
To:	Tesla List
Subject:	Re: Science Fair Project

On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Tesla List wrote:

> >The rest can probably be scrounged.  
> 
> Umm, maybe not the coil form itself, the toroid, the transformer and the 
> other non-building material products, examples (Typical home-depot-like 
> prices):  
> 
> Budget:     $12 for a 4" diameter by 10 foot PVC pipe

I can send you a piece of thinwall 4" diameter PVC if you wish.  Contact
me off line, either at chip-at-pupman-dot-com, or chip-at-xig-dot-com

>             $5 for a can of polyurethane and another 
>             $4-$5 for a brush
>             $4 for a bottle of mineral spirits (brush cleaning)

A cheap disposable brush will cost only about 90 cents.  You can keep it
in a baggie for a day or two, and pitch it afterwords.  Saves you nearly
$8 there.

>             $1-$2 for 4" PVC endcap
>             $9 4" by 8 foot aluminum ducting for toroid
>             $5 2" wide by 50 foot roll of aluminum tape for toroid
>             $2-$5 assorted nuts, bolts and other fasteners
>             $???  Wood or Plexiglas and associated costs.
>              
> Optional:   $8-$12 50ft 1/4" copper refridge tubing, for a nice primary.


One of the best places for scrounging is at a construction site.  Dig it
out of their piles of trash.

Chip
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